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    2. Quilombo

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Diegues,Carlos (Author), Pompeo,Antonio (Author), Arraes,Augusto (Author), and Arraes,Augusto (Editor)
    Format:
    Video/DVD
    Language:
    por
    Publication Date:
    1991
    Published:
    New York, NY: New Yorker Video
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Notes:
    1 videocassette (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in; VHS., A dramatization which chronicles the Palmares quilombo, the most famous of the 17th century Brazilian groups of runaway black slaves. Shows how this self-governing community flourished for several decades under the reign of the legendary chieftan Ganga Zumba; Writer, director, Carlos Diegues. Videocassette release of the 1984 motion picture; In Portuguese with English subtitles; Director of photography, Lauro Escorel Filho; music, Gilberto Gil